Music - Page 30

Reuters - Starbucks Corp. said on Wednesday former Beatle Paul McCartney would be the first musician to release an album on the coffee shop chain's new Hear Music record label.

AP - Terrence Howard is more than a leading man.

AP - Given the unlikely, phenomenal success of Modest Mouse's 2004 disc, "Good News for People Who Love Bad News," the story line on their new album seemed sure to focus on the long-indie band's response to their sudden popularity.

AP - Pierre Jalbert has won the $25,000 Elise L. Stoeger Prize.

AP - Paul McCartney was introduced Wednesday as the first artist signed to Starbucks Corp.'s new record label. The former Beatle made an appearance via a video feed from London at the company's annual meeting.

AP - Elton John says he will make his back catalog of more than 30 albums available for digital download later this month.

Reuters - Mick Jagger will take to the Web on Thursday to announce details of the Rolling Stones' summer tour of Europe, a spokeswoman said.

Reuters - Luther Ingram, the soul singer who seduced audiences with his hit "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right," has died of a heart attack at age 69, his family said on Wednesday. More Info...  

E! Online - Paul McCartney's upcoming new album is already generating caffeine buzz.

Reuters - More than 30 albums from Elton John will be made available for digital download later this month, the singer said on Wednesday, marking the first time his whole catalog of more than 400 tracks will go online.

E! Online - Though people might expect to hear this on the astrological chart, it's the music chart that actually declared this the week of the Soulchild. More Info...  

E! Online - Call him the pocket Rocket Man.

Elton John has signed a deal to make available his entire back catalogue of music, comprising more than 30 albums, for digital download later this month.

Music News

Reuters - The members of the Bay City Rollers, a Scottish teeny-bopper band that briefly enjoyed worldwide stardom in the 1970s, sued their former record label on Tuesday, seeking millions of dollars in unpaid royalties.

Reuters - Midway through her set Monday at the Roxy, Amy Winehouse belted out the confessional bad-girl anthem "You Know I'm No Good," but the British soul scorcher was only half-right. Maybe she is no good, but at that moment -- and during much of her 50-minute set -- Winehouse was fantastic.

AP - MTV's "Total Request Live" is no longer totally live. It's another sign of how both the audience and cultural juice have faded for "TRL," once the most influential program on television for music superstars from the Backstreet Boys to Beyonce — even if they just dropped by to push an ice cream cart.

AP - Vilma Ebsen, who danced in the film "Broadway Melody of 1936" with her brother Buddy long before he became famous on "The Beverly Hillbillies," has died. She was 96.

AP - Few bands inspire such intense hatred as Nickelback.

E! Online - What's in a name, anyway? 

Two weeks ago, MTV stared taping two episodes of Total Request Live at once, which, while an effective way to cut costs, kinda defeats the purpose of an interactive, vote-for-your-favorite-video-from-home type of show.

E! Online - Charged with the murder of B-movie star Lana Clarkson, Phil Spector has maintained his innocence, and insisted the actress killed herself.

Reuters - New Jersey rockers Bon Jovi are courting Nashville with their new album, "Lost Highway," which is due in stores June 19.